Maldives March 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the President of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, has not yet issued a press communique indicating that, in line with past practice, though not last year's, Monday, March 2, 2015, would be declared a one-off public holiday in the Maldives to coincide with the year's first sitting of the People’s Majlis. [full story]

Timor Leste 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Komunikadu Imprensa Sekretaria Estadu Konsellu Ministru Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has issued a press communiqué containing its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Timor Leste for the calendar year 2015 (Feriadu sira iha tinan 2015). [full story]

Bosnian Public Holiday March 2

Sources: Federalna novinska agencija (Sarajevo) and Bosnia and Herzegovina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced that Monday, March 2, 2015, would be another additional day in lieu non-working public holiday in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [full story]

Tongan Public Holiday March 2

Sources: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) and Tonga bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Tonga's Ministry of Information and Communications has issued a communiqué that the Tongan Cabinet has declared Monday, March 2, 2015, as a one-off official non-working public holiday in Tonga to mark the "appointment of His Eminence Cardinal Soane Patita Mafi to the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church". [full story]

Kyrgyzstan Public Holidays March 7-9

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic has announced that the Government of Kyrgyzstan had decided to declare another additional non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan on Monday, March 9, 2015, effectively transferring the upcoming Women's Day annual public holiday of Kyrgyzstan from Sunday March 8. [full story]

Armenian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Հայերեն լրատվական գործակալությանը (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Armenia has announced the annual list of official public holidays in Armenia for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Philippines 2015 EDSA Public Holiday

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Philippines has once again confirmed that, despite many reports to the contrary, the upcoming EDSA Special Holiday was restricted to schools only, and that Wednesday, February 25, 2015, would therefore be a regular working day in the Philippines, and not one of the non-working public holidays in the Philippines. [full story]

Indonesian 2015 Public Holidays Amended Again

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, announced that it had once again amended the previously-gazetted annual decree (Surat Keputusan Bersama (SKB) Hari Libur Nasional dan Cuti Bersama Tahun 2015) designating public holidays and collective leave days ("cuti bersama") for the calendar year 2015, for both the private and public sectors. [full story]

Spain 2016 Murcia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajode la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (Murcia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The executive of Spain's autonomous region of La Murcia has released its annual calendar of official non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2016. [full story]

Vanuatu February 23 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Government of Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Public Relations Officer of the Government of Vanuatu, Kiery Manassah, in an email sent by the Ministry of Education and Training, announced that, this time, despite the annual Vanuatu non-working public holiday for Father Lini Day falling on a Saturday, there would be no compensatory non-working public holidays in Vanuatu on Monday, February 23, 2015. [full story]

Azerbaijan 2015 Novruz Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decision, once again extending the upcoming 2015 Novruz non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan to 9 consecutive days of non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan. [full story]

Kuwait Public Holidays February 25-26

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Wednesday and Thursday, February 25 and 26, 2015, as non-working public holidays in Kuwait for the upcoming National Day and Liberation Day annual public holidays, without, this time, an additional bridge public holiday to link the upcoming National Day and Liberation Day annual public holidays to a nearby weekend in Kuwait. [full story]

Jordanian Public Holiday February 19

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordanian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, has issued a circular decreeing another one-off non-working public holiday in Jordan for tomorrow, Thursday, February 19, 2015, due to freezing weather conditions stemming from a polar front that brought heavy rain across the country and is forecast to bring snow in most areas tomorrow. [full story]

St. Kitts and Nevis Public Holiday February 18

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) and St. Kitts and Nevis bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has finally announced that Team Unity Leader and Prime Minister-Elect, Timothy Harris, had advised the Governor General, Sir Edmund W. Lawrence, to declare Wednesday, February 18, 2015, as an official non-working public holiday in St. Kitts and Nevis, "in commemoration of the People’s victory". [full story]

Australian NT Rules-Out July 1st Public Holiday

Sources: Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment of the Northern Territory Government (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the Government of Australia's Northern Territory, Adam Giles, has announced that, despite his 2014 announcement to the contrary, he was dropping the idea of making July 1st, NT's Territory Day, a new annual non-working public holiday in Australia's Northern Territory. [full story]

Uganda To Amend Public Holidays Legislation

Sources: Uganda Media Centre, Office of the President of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala) and Ugandan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Uganda's President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has announced that, beginning next year, February 16 would be a new annual non-working public holiday in Uganda, in honour of Archbishop Janani Luwum who was killed on February 16, 1977, during Idi Amin’s rule. [full story]

Cape Verde Public Holidays February 17-18

Sources: Ministro da Administração Interna (República de Cabo Verde) and Cape Verde bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Cape Verde, through the Gabinete do Secretário de Estado da Administração Pública, has declared one-off non-working public holidays (tolerância de ponto) on account of the upcoming Carnival and subsequent Ash Wednesday. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holiday February 18

Sources: Komunikadu Imprensa Sekretaria Estadu Konsellu Ministru Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had once again decided to grant an additional, half day, day-off public sector holiday (Governu Konstitusionál Timor-Leste nian deside fó toleránsia pontu iha loron 18 fulan Fevereiru tinan 2015, to’o oras 12) for Ash Wednesday, on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, to all employees of ministries, departments and State agencies including all State institutes and bodies. [full story]

Australian Queensland Labour Day Public Holiday Update

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The recently sworn-in Palaszczuk government of the Australian State of Queensland, has confirmed that it was planning to make further amendments to the Holidays Act 1983, so that, perhaps as early as this year, the Labour Day annual public holiday, in the State of Queensland, would no longer be observed on the first Monday in October. [full story]

Singapore Thaipusam Public Holiday Update

Sources: Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has issued a formal response to recent calls to have Thaipusam re-instated into the official list of annual non-working public holidays in Singapore. [full story]

Seychelles 2015 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: The Central Bank of Seychelles (Victoria) and Seychelles bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of the Seychelles has released its annual list of the official bank holidays in the Seychelles for the current calendar year 2015. [full story]

Thailand Bank Holiday May 4

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has announced that Monday, May 4, 2015, had also been declared another additional, one-off non-working bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions throughout Thailand. [full story]

Greece Extends Annual Public Holidays

Sources: Kathimerini (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Greece's new Minister of Labour, Panos Skurletis, has announced that, as part of his government's policies, the Greek government had decided to declare all Sundays of the year as official non-working public holidays in Greece. [full story]

Liberian Armed Forces Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) and Liberian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Wednesday, February 11th, 2015, as the date of the upcoming Armed Forces Day, a non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the country as a national holiday. [full story]

Haiti 2015 Carnival Public Holidays

Sources: Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti (Port-au-Prince) and Haiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti has announced that Haiti's President had issued an Executive Order declaring the afternoon of Monday, February 16, and all day Wednesday, February 18, 2015, as additional one-off non-working public holidays to coincide with this year's Carnival public holidays in Haiti. [full story]

Qatari Public Holiday February 10

Sources: قنـا الموقع العربي الصفحة الرئيسية (QNA) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Qatar's Emiri Diwan has confirmed that Tuesday, February 10, 2015, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Qatar on account of the upcoming 2015 National Sport Day non-working public holiday of Qatar. [full story]

Ivory Coast Afcon Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire (Abijan) and Ivory Coast bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has declared tomorrow, Monday, February 9, 2015, as another one-off non-working public holiday in the Ivory Coast on account of today's victory of the Ivory Coast football team in the Africa Cup of Nations final. [full story]

Lebanon Hariri Bank Holiday February 14

Sources: جمعيّة مصارف لبنان (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that Saturday, February 14, 2015, had once again been declared a bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions of Lebanon, including the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Lebanon, to commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (Commémoration de l'assasinat du PM Rafic Hariri). [full story]

St. Kitts and Nevis 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) and St. Kitts and Nevis bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis has announced its annual list of official non-working public holidays in St. Kitts and Nevis for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Malta 2015 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Malta Bankers Association (Valetta) and Malta bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malta Bankers' Association has released its annual list of bank holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2015, dates when banks in Malta will be closed in addition to the previously-announced 2015 general non-working public holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Madagascar 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement has approved the "Décret fixant la liste des jours fériés, chômés et payés au titre de l'année 2015", which officially declares the annual list of non-working public holidays in Madagascar for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Brazil 2015 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão (Brasilia) and Brazil bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Federal Government of Brazil, through its Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão, has gazetted its previously-released annual list of the official Brazilian non-working public holidays for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Lebanon Public Holiday February 9

Sources: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of the Government of Lebanon, Tammam Salam, has declared Monday, February 9, 2015, as the date of the annual non-working public holiday to mark Saint Maron. [full story]

Turks and Caicos Clarifies February 5 Public Holiday

Sources: The TCI Journal (Grand Turk) and Turks and Caicos bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Rufus Ewing, has issued a statement clarifying the status and observance of the recently-declared, then later amended, February 5, 2015, non-working public holiday by the Government Cabinet of the Turks and Caicos Islands. [full story]

Honduras Half-Day Public Holiday February 3

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Honduras' Secretario de Estado en los Despachos de Derechos Humanos Justicia y Gobernación y Descentralización, Rigoberto Chang Castillo, has once again announced an executive decree making the afternoon of Tuesday, February 3, 2015, a one-off public sector holiday, on the occasion of the "Day of the Virgin of Suyapa", the patron saint of Honduras. [full story]